Bag-tying machine.



J. P. CURRY.

BAG TYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 5.22.9. 1912.

8 8KEBTSBHEBT 1.

"Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

J. P; CURRY.

I BAG TY I NG MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APILQ, 1912.

Patented Sept. so, 1913.

8 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

J-.P.G'UR R Y. BAG TYING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED APE|9, 1912.

8 SHEETSr-SKEET 3.

Pa tented Sept. 30, 1913.

J. I. CURRY. JBAG TYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9, 1912, 1 074 581 Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

' 8 SHEETS-SHEET 4t 4. P. CURRY.

BAG TYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AYR.9, 1912 Patented Sept. 30,1913.

8 SHEETS-SHEET 5.

"J.P.GURRY. BAG TYING MACHINE;

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9319 1,074,587. Y Patented Sept. 30,1913:

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(I. P. CURRY.

BAG TYING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED n.9, 1912.-

Patented Sept. 30, 19131 J. P. CURRY. BAG TYING MACHINE APPLIDATION FILED APlLE), 1912 1,074,587 Patented Sept. 30, 1912 8-'SHEETSSHEET a.

mitten ethane mans-seamen.

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ToaZZ whomz'z may concern:

Be it known that I, Jo i-IX P. Conny, a citizen of the United States, residing at 62 W'est Eighty-ninth street, New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Tying ll/ achines, fully described and represented in the tol lowing specification and the accoin anying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to an apparatus which operates in an automatic manner upon bags and ties when supplied to the machine, to wrap wire tio around the neck of the hag and to twist the wire in. such manner as to tightly tie the bag, and operating also to leave a portion of the wire projecting beyond the twist so as to he read ily grasped by the fingers for untying the an. i

The invention may be operated upon bags either empty or filled, empty bags having a filling-valve in the bottom being-coniinonly tied at the neck before they are filled.

The mechanism illustrated provides means for crimpingthe neck of a bag and for .then transferring the hag from the crimper to the tying devices, for delivering a wire-tie to the neck of the bag, for grasping the same by means of a twister and twisting it tightly on the bag n eck, and finally for ejecting the hag-neck from the carrier which guides it through the machine.

The apparatus may he used with either straight tics having loops at the ends hy which the twister may readily grasp them,

or with circular ties consisting of endless rings larger than the hag-neck and adapted to drop over the same and then he twisted to pinch them thereon.

The ll'lVClll'lOIl includes a special. construe-- tion of a tie-deliverer for delivering wire ties whether straight or circular successively to the twisting mechanism, and for engaging; the twister with the tie, then pulling it laterally upon the hag neck and finally twisting the tie thereon.

It also includes a special means of feeding the ties to the lieedeliverer only as fast as they are utilized by the deliverer.

In the annexed drawing, Figure l a front elevation of a machineembodying.the invention; Fig. Qis'a plan of the se ne; Fig. 2 is a side view, and F'ig. '2 anend view o on Q th ieri vs nes .iEisshows in medication pf Lettsz'slPatent. Application filed 4125 215 2 2- Ee ie; as seen- I Efatnjel se t. so, oss.

pl n the nds of the fo k-arms with a tie applied to a bag-neck';"Fig.' 3 shows the parts will the tie fully twisted; .Fig. d s ,a elevation of the machine; Fig. 5 is an elevation upon "a lar ger scale of the safety pawl for the tiedeecler; Fig.6 is a front elevation upon a larger scale of the tiedelivering device with the casings of. the delivery-screws broken away; Fig. -7 is a plan of the saihe with the top of thecasing removed; Fig. 8 is a crosssection on'lin'e 8-S in Fig. 6; Fig. 9 is a cross-section on line 9-59 in Fi{;...'6;'Fig. 10 is'a. plan, and Fig. 11 a side eeyation of the bag crimper; Fig. 12 is a perspective view of'one'of the tie-delivery screws; Fig. 13is an edge View of the tying fork and its twistinghnecha nism' Fig. 14 is a ,plan of the same with the shell of its tubular guide and contained parts in section where hatched; Fig. 11 shows a straight tie after twisting 'upon' the hag-neck; Fig. 15 shows the twisterspindle and shank retracted with the parts in section at the center line where hatched; Fig. 16 shows the twister-jaws closed to twist the tie; Fig. 17 is a plan of the coupling secured in'the twister-shank; Fig. 18 shows the front end of the tube and twistershank; Fig. 19 isanelevation of a modified form of carrier and the hag-neck; Fig. 20 is a plan of the means for feeding and twis'tingthe circular ties; Fig. 21 is a perspective view of the for twisting the circular ties; and 22 shows one of the circular ties aiter'it is twisted upon the bag-neck.

In F ig. 2, the device for crim i mthe neck of the hag is marked collectively? 1, th dvice for delivering the ties is marked collectively l3, and in Fig. 4, thetwister is marked collectively D. In theiotherlfigures the dc tails ofthese devicesai e marked with small e s a The erimper A and the tie-deliverer B are shown located- .90 deg e ap r h a he edge of an annular-carriersring E, which is provided with a series of notches e suited to receive thecrimped neck of the bag and adapted to register successively with the crimper and with the tie delivei er. 'Ijhe, ring E is rotated around a circular tableF,

which 1S supportedwithinthe movable ring I deliverer for tying filled bags by twisting a circular ring upon E upon'a frame or standGhy brackets Qnl n -.q xthes mes .eshesitie is- 3 5G which carries the shield E.

4. to avoid obscuring the drawing. An 11 right shaft '1 is fitted in a hearing 1. 1n-

of the standards G of the frame G. The

carrier and the shaft 1' are rotated intermittingly by a ratchet-wheel I secured upon the shaft, and a pawl J pivoted upon an arm 5 and oscillated by an eccentric J on 15 the drivingshaft. A shield E is connected to the table F by. arched brackets e and held just outside the margin oi the carrier between the criinper and the tie-twister so as to confine the bag-necks in the notches durg0 ins their transfer.

'ihe crimper is shown in Fig. 10 as a pair of longitudinal cheeks a"pressed plastically toward one another radially to therarrier so as to deliver into the notches e, and it as also has spring-dogs a to compress the 'material of the bag-neck more effectually. A

n e side of the cheek a, is connected with a orocating' linlr a which operates when gr lied at a suitable moment to first throw the pusher across the cheeks, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 10, and then to press c toward the rim of the carrier, thus forcno the bag-neck from the grip of the dogs into the notch and crimping it effectually therein. The link a is connected to the arm J to he reciprocated thereby. At the cri nper, an elastic fender c is held an inch or two above the carrier across the bottom to portion of the notch e to prevent the bag- ..eclc from leaning over the carrier where'it "cts above the notch. The pawl y" car he notches 0 step by step from the iper to the tiedeliverer B which is shown adapted to receive straight ties with loops '5 at their opposite ends, such as are shown in Figs. 3 and 7. As the carrier turns, the bag-neck slips away from the tender and passes beneath the bracket 0 The fender 0' leaves the hag-neck standing upright in the notch so that when the tie is looped about it it may not interfere with the twister-arms which twist the tie, the ends of which rotzitec1ose. to the bamneck and would be fouled thereby if the bag-neck leaned materially toward the twister. Thedeliverer for delivering; such ties to the twisteris shown also in Fig. 6, and consists of two cylinders hit) of special construction in casings B which ,are-ml1ustable toand from one another by l slotted feet B. These feet are adjustable by screws 25 upon a stand ll having feet 13 bolted to the tabled andslotl'ed to move the 6:3 tie-dialiicror radittlly-oi. the table. A ,col-

pusher a having a pivot upon a slide a at umn C is extended upward from the stand, beingfastened thereto by a...bottoni flange. Fig. 4 shows anelevated'coil of such ties I) having cords Z) extended through the loops b in the ends of the ties, these cords Z) be- 7 inc carried over a feed-roller 0 having a ratchet-wheel 0 upon one end and mounted in bearings upon a fork C upon the col- 1" umn Q. f ,i 1T he cords are connected at theirdower,

ends with the tops lof guides (Z which are adapted to receive the loops upon the ties and ektend downwardly to a point where the ties may bejdelivered to the jaws of a twister These glows are shown as pointed studs afiixed to one side of the twister-arms 9. These guides (1 require support in a pcculiar manner, asthe ties fall freely upon their upper ends, and move freely over their whole length to be delivered from their 5 lower ends. Such support and the successii e delivery of th ejies is ,liected bythe rotary screws d having a continuous spiral groove /l? to engage the extreme ends of the ties and .carry them downwardly upon the ii uides for delivery. The screwsl have projeoting collars e to engage notchesc in one side of each guide d, to support it.

' Collars are provided more numerous than the coils of the spiral-thread, sothat although each is interrupted by the thread at their various points of intersection marked 6, to permit the passage of the ties, some of them are always in engagement -witli the notches c and thus support the weight of the guide. (See Fig. 6.) The casing B has flanges 0* to embrace the opposite sides of the loops B upon the ties, and as a plurality of the tics constantly embraces the guides, the guides are held in a vertical. position bet-ween such flanges, and-- incngagement with the collars 0 upon the screws. .lhe'screwsare rotated-by spiritlgears L 2 driven by simila r gearsN u ipo'nthe' shaft N, shown in Figs". and 7, and the grooves d terminatesimultaneously at the bottoms of the screws when thus rotated, so as to drop both ends of a tie at the same time. (See d near the bottom of each screw.) Each screw rotates upon a vertical stu-dM in the casingi- B, andl'iasashnh lf. at its lower end which has a notch 6 upon. one side, as shown mgr-ice. 7-a11d 12, to per-'- midi-1G moving; outwm-dly of the jaws f which, grasp the t-ie when delivered. The studs 7 are show ujl i'gq'. 6 held adjacent to 1 the lbottor'nsaaf'thegfiidesd hy fork-arms 4;. pivot d upon a shtiiitiltiwhleliliszeonnccted QQseTT-openinfi'Eoup'ler to a spiral twistciiispi'fid-le 70. 0 ,7 stand Bfifonathe tie-delivercr is su tained at somefdisthnce above'thc ring E to permit the heroine, of the bag, which pro-f ,jects consideralgl above the carrier E, to

mowe u ndeijflthe .taiid .0 the tying position;' M

and the studs are thus wquiredfte-receive the ties-at a level above the top of the bag neck, and to then lower'the'tietothe level "neck close around the bag-neck as shown in Fig. 16,

:- and finally rotate the-foilr-arms to twist the tic.- These movements are effected bv the uponthe table F wing mechanism. The shank and 'the .:;spindle are movable longitudinally W t ill}. a casing or tube- 112" which is hinged a its e higs tl and 4. A. rock-shaft 1' is mounted adjecen't to the forward "end of the tube and'earries. a crank r which shaft is oscillated by a link-connection r to' acanrlever R and earn R Mid cunts.

the nut by pivot-bolts Z'operating through is;e x tended beneath the; tube to raise and lower the twister as required. "The rockupon theshaft L. (See'l ig'. 4.) A. nut Z is fitted movably upon the spiral spindle kund'is reciprocated within the tube Isl-by links 3*, cam-lever S The links Z are connected to slots is in oppositesides of the tube. As the reciprocation of the nut operates to twist the spindle alternhtely in opposite directions while .the shank of the tie-twister is required to'twist only in one direction, and to move hackwardly for a considerable distance before twisting the tie, it is-necesseryto forma detachable connection between the twister spindle and the shank, and this is eifected by securing s coupling formed as a toothed coupler-block h rigidly Within a bare it at the'end of the shank within the tube. The forward end of the twister-spindle is is made cylindrical and extended through the coupling 71 and pro vided upon its end, within the bore h, with a coupler-head 71- having notches adapted to engage the teeth upon the coupling it;

The rear end of the spindle is provided with a collar it to prevent the shank and spindle from being pulled out of the tube. The

within the bore sufficient to {from the teeth of the coupling, as shown in feather g which 60.

bore it is made long enough, to

feather extends along permit a longitudinal movement of the coupler-head it" clear the notches Fig. and the shank g is provided with it fits within akeyway 71: in the neck of the tube is, see Fig. \15, andthis the rear portion of tbeshank g suiliciently to hold the shank from turning when it is first retracted, and wlnle the W re-tie 151 being drawn backwrlrdly to loop it about the bag-neck, and it quired to rotate,

lines g in Fig. 4, then drew. the fork-arms bacltwardly -with the tie to the -f-.beg-neck ve -without rotating the arms, then the g'aws together to loop the end to thet'reme G -as shown in.

then clears the keyway is, as shown in Fig. 15, permitting-the shank to turn withthe twister spindle is.

After each tie is twisted upon the bagneck, the torkerms are advanced and elev'ated to receive another tie, and during such advance movement they are not reand-the rotation is avoided by the disconnection of the coupler upon the inner end of the shank which is pro? duoed'loy the first forward movement of the spiral-spindle is when its backward movement is reversed by the links 3 (See Fig.

15.) Such forward movement detaches the teeth of the coupler and permits the spiral spindle torot-ate without turning the shank g, and finally to push the shankforward to the desired position. In such forward movement the feather 9* is retingaged with the keyway 7c" and holds the twister-arms in a level position, as required. W hen the twister arms have received a tie from the tie-dcliverer and have been lowered, the links Z are retracted and the first effect of the nut upon the spiral-spindle is to pull the coupler-head h into engz-lgement with the coupling 72.. (See Fig. 14:.) The shank and the .twisterspindlc being thus connected, the twister-spindle cannot rotate so long as the feather is engaged with tho'kcyway, and the backward movement of the nut' Z therefore pulls the shank backu'ardly without rotation, unt l the feather slips from the key way. movement is completed, the twister-arms are approxiu'latcd to one another, as indicated with the tie in l ig. 10, to loop the tie about the neck 1; of the bag. This is effected by the contact with the forward end of the tube 1, of a block which is filled to slide upon the shank in the roar of the head 7 upon which the jaws are pivoted.

The twister arms 1 have buckwzirdlv cX- tendim arms connected to the block bv links 9", and a. spiral spriugrf' drmvs these arms nornmlly together. The spring-pressure serves to dlslcnd the arms 9 and studs f when the tie is thereon, as shown in Fig.

H, and the degree of extension by screws 7" fitted in the arms 1" to contact with tlic'licnd f. The arms f are adjusted to set the jaws j at a distance apart a little greater-than the length of the tie, and the is regulated lower hubs (Z of the delivery-screws (Z are tapered so that when the arms are lifted between them,-as shown in dotted lines (1 in Fig. 16, they are crowded together to draw the studs beneath the centers of the guides (Z. The studs are formed with a contracted neck andtapering point, which facilitates thcdl'opping of the ties thereon when the studs arc in this position. lVllen the tie is released from the grooves (Z the twister-arms are lowered and the ends of the arms spring outwardly into notches (2 in the hubs a? to produce tension upon the tie. Such outward expansion of the fork-arms is effected by the springs f (see Fig. 14) and stretches the tie. b tightly upon the necks of the jaw-studs. The tie is thus held firmly while the fork-arm's are lowered and retracted to loop thetie about the bag-neck. 1

Before the twisting of the ties commences, the fork-arms are crowded together,

as shown in Figs-15 and 16, by the backward movement of the shank g, which crowds the block g against the end of the tube h, thus looping the tie aboutjthe neck of the bag and holding the loops 1) upon the ties sufiiciently separated, as shown in Fig. 14: t6 facilitate the untwisting of the tie when the bag isto be opened;

With the construction shown, the twisting mechanism lies close to the table dur' ing the twisting operation, and a depression F is therefore formed in the table tov clear the rotating fork arms, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 4. The twister mechanism is thus entirely automatic in its reception of the ties and twisting them upon the bag I neck.

The carrier-rinmE isnrotated one step after the tying at each bag, and the notch e carrying the tied bag is gradually moved to a position where an ejector j operates to push the tied neck'fromthe notch, thus completing the operation of the machine upon the bag. The ejector j is shown as a lever-arm hinged to move outwardly across the ring E and reciprocated by a link i which connects it with a crank-arm upon the rock-shaft r. The ejector is thus operated each time that-the shaft rocks forwardly to lower the tube it.

The tie-deliverer is supplied with ties from an elevated coil of ties shown in Fig.

' from the spikes lying upon the guides d in 1, by a spiked roller 0. The spikes c are shown in -Fig. 1 supporting the ties and certain of the ties which have been dropped readiness to engage the top coil of the delivery-screws.

A plate 01 is shown in Fig. 6 secured upon the top of each delivery-screw and adjusted at a suitable distance from the bottom of the groove d to admit only asingle tie,

thus operating, as the screws revolve, to "separate one tie from those upon the guides 55 and carry it downwardly for delivery. Each rotation of the screws thus separates an additionaltie and carries it downward.

Provision is made to rotate the feedroller 0 as the tics upon the guides move downwardly and to arrest such rotation as long as the guides are supplied with the ties. This is effected by connecting the link t which moves the pawl upon the ratchet-wheel c, with a pivoted dog t having a notch u to-engage a pawl u npon an the notch u by a spring u, and has-a bent 4. The oscillation of the arm-u tends,

step, but the oscillating lever u. The lever u is actlt ated at each vibration of the rock-shaftr by a link-connection with an arm 9" there on. The pawl u is pressed normally into finger t projected toward the ties b asthey move. downwardl upon the guides. The arm u is shown 1n its forward position in Fig. 5 and in its backward position-1n Fig.

through the awl u and dog If", to turn the ratchet-whee u on the feed-roller a step by that in the forward movement of the arm a it collides with the ties b if the gu1de- 1s filled with such ties, and the further feeding of the ties fromthe feed-roll is arrested because the continued movement of the lever a pulls the pawl away from the notch u, as shown in-Fig. 5ilso that -u on the re 85 verse movement of t e lever t e dog remains motionless. The turning of the feed roller is thus prevented at'each'oscillation of the lever 24 until the ties move downwardly from the path of the finger t, which permits such finger to make its full 11lovement, as indicated by the dotted l nest m rovision is made to arrest the rotation of nger t is so proportioned v the'feeding. appliance in. case the notch e neck-when'such notch reaches, the location of the twister. This is ShOWII In FIgS. 2 and 4, as a finger .2 attached to a rock- .in the carrier is not supplied with b g' shaft 2 upon the stand B .and having a detent e extended-in the path of apin y projected from the shaft N. The detent- 2 is drawn upwardly by a spring '2 and held normally in the path of the pin 3/ which is shown-.in Fig.' 2 in position to engage 5 the detent, and in Fig. 4 moving clear of the detent. In Fig. 4., the detent isshown in: i

the position to which it ismoved by the operation of the bag-neck e upon the finger z, pushing. the finger backwardly and the no detent outwardly to clear the pin y. The finger stands so close to the'bag-neckduring the tying operation that it does not interfere with the rotation of the twister 'butwhen the bag-neck movesaway from the finger. I15

into the top of the guide and outwardly through an outlet 1/ in the side of the sage?- The cordis cut oil at' the outlet, as pi ,-1s. drawn downwardly from tirn'ej t9 e feeding ag-neck to the 12d The cord is connected conven''126 iently with the guides d by a hole extended employ a cam 6 nom nee:

' the -uncoiling of the assemblageiof ties Where,

it is supported abovethe feedrroll: 0.; The. cordmay be. knotted at theoutletb to retain it in the-guide, butit isprefer'able to pivoted upon. the guide .at the outlet to clamp the cord when adjusted.

The shaft N which drives-the delivery screws d lies at one side' of thescrews,fiand a similar shaft P is journaled at the opposite side of the same, as shown in Fig. 2, and connected thereto by gear-wheels 7), and the shaft P. is shown connected by sprocket wheels 71., countershaft p and chains 02. with a sprocket-wheel a upon the driv ing-shaft L. This rotates continuously the wheel a, which rides loosely upon. the shaft P.

To prevent injury to the delivering mechanisnr in case the ties become jammctl'in the checks 6* or in the grooves of the delivery-screws, the wheel a is connected with the shaft Pby a spring clntch which yields if such obstruction arises, thus leaving the shaft P stationary. This clutch is shown as a spring-pin (j mounted in a disk it" upon the wheel a, and a hub 12 upon the shaft P having'a tooth with sloping. face-to engage the end of the spring-pin. The wheel a thus drives the delivery-screws until obstruction arises, when the spring-pin yields and the wheel turns Without rotating the shaft.

Brusli-wl1cels o are shown in Figs. 2. 3, 6 and 7 secured upon the shafts N and P, and operate upon the ties 7) (just above the tops of the delivery-screws) to work them downward gently toward the plates (i which engage the ends ofthe ties singly and draw them into the grooves of the screws;

These means for handling the wireties are of material assistanc as the ties are'exceedingly light and their weight alone cannot bedepended upon to feed them directly, or to keep them in a level position, but the means described operates effectively for such purpose. v

\Vith the apparatus thus far described, the operator pushes the open mouth of the 'bagin fiat form into the crhnper until it is wholly past the pushero in its retracted position. The pusher is then operated automatically to-drop urbehind the bag an force it into the'notch a in the carrier. The

carrier is then turned automatically, the, guard E keeping the bag-necks in the notches until they approach the tyingposition, when the arms g with a tie b' are lowered to the level of the carrier and pulled backwardly as shown in Fig. 16, to

loop and twist the tie around the hag neck. WVhen the tie is fully twisted shown in Fig. 3, the entire twister is moved laterally to withdraw the studs 7 from the eyes {1 thus clearing the twister from the'twisted tie andleaving it free to be raised to the position shown in full lines inFig i, to receive .auothertie. from the feeding devices. At the close of the twisting operation, the

spindle g. iswholly retracted, and the closing ofthe fork-arms by the gradual draw iug;of the block. gtagainst the end of. the tuhe is brings the studs finally into the middle of the, eyesb, as shown in Fig, 16,.- so as to readily clear the eyes whenv the studs are withdrawn therefrom. To prevent. the eyes ofthe-tiesfronrslipping or; of the studs during the looping ot' the tie about the bag neck 6*, as shownin Fig.5 l6,anotched guardplate a: may be! applied to the-ends of the arm gas. shown in Figs. 2 and 2 Such guard-plate'is shown attached by. a foot? piece in to the-end ofthe fork-arm 9,. far enough from the stud to permit the eye 5 of the wire-tie to fall upon the stud; but so f until the tie is fully twisted, as shown in -Fig. 3, when the winding of the wires to gether withdraws themi't'roni the guards, so

that when the twister is moved laterally the guards do not. interfere with the escape of the studs from the eyes 5")" so as to wholly clear the tie.

The notched guards are shown only in Figs. 2 to 3 inclusive, and they were shown in Fig. 16 would throw the necks of the tie adjacent to the eyes a little closer together. The notched guard is not essen- 'tial to the operation of the twister.- but ren- (lers its action more positive as it will he understood that in the rotary movements of the twister the studs j move in opposite directions in relation to the eyeb, one of them pushing into the eye during, such rotation and the other tending to pull out of the same. Such stud is shown'with a neck in which the tie is held. by the expansion of the arms 5 under the influence ofthe'spring f shown in Fig. 14,- and such expansive force is sufiicieut in most cases to hold the tie securely upon the studs; The succeeding movements of the carrier transport the tied bag to the ejector j-which. autoiuatitailly forces it from the carrier, thus cinnpleting the operation of the machine.

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The apparatus so far deseri'oeifl suspends 4 the bag by its neck in the notch of thecar- 1'ier; but where'fi'lled. bags are to be tied they need support by an auxiliary arrier,

which it is obvious could be made to rotate with the carrier ill; but in Fig. 19 I have shown acarrier formed of cars U n ovable upon a straight traclt'll' past the tying de vice, atwhich the tie-twister operates-to tie the neck of the bag.

The cars are shown each with a column V having bag-holder V at the top adapted to receive the 'crimped neck of the bag, the filled bag V resting upon the car, as shown 5 in Fig. 19.

Figs. 19 and 20 illustrate means of tying the necks with a circular ring=tie b; The

ties would be fed from a cord or feed-rod d:

29 figure. A plurality of the collars e upon each of the screws 03 enables one or more of them to support the ui'de at all times while the ties are moved ownward thereon by engagement with the spiral g'rooves d These spiral grooves in the three deliveryscrews would receive and sustain the circular ties b at three points, and simultaneously discharge them upon the bag-neck; which is indicated by dotted lines e .m Fig.

.30 20, below the-guide d. The ring-tie when dropped upon the bag-neck would be pulled backwardly and twisted by'a plain flat hook to formed upon the spindle g, thus closing the tie as shown in Fig. 22 and leaving a flat finger-piece b for untwisting the tie when required. i

From the above description it will be seen that the invention is not confined to a particul ar construction for the mechanism by 40 which the bag-neck is crimped, the wire-tie delivered to the neck of the bag and twisted thereon, provided these devices are connect ed by mechanism which operates them automatically inthe proper order So far as the bag-tying devices are con- 'cerned, it is not material whether the bag be first delivered to a carrier-and then transported to the tying devices, asit is obvious that the crimper may, if preferred,be located 7 59 in front of the tying devices and deliver the f bag-neck directly tlrergto. and I. have therefore claimed tllfe'means fdr tyin the bag, irrespective of the means by whic the bagneck is delivered to the tying devices. T" I Having thusset forth' the nature of the invention what is claimed herein is:

1. In a ba -ty'ingmachine, the combina 'tion of the fo lewing'instrumentalities operating successively, first, means operating 60 above the socket for looping astraight wiretie around the neck of the bag and projecting both ends of the tie at one side of the neck, second, a twister. operated to grasp the two ends of the tie simultaneously and hold them separate from one another, and third,

means forrotating the twister to twist the ends of the tie together with engaging coils,

and the terminals ofthe tie diverging to he readily untwisted by the fingers.

2. In a bag-tying machine, the combinw tion, of means for looping a wire-tie around the neckof the-bag, a twister adaptedto separately gras the two ends of the tie, means for pulling the tie toward one side of the bag-necln and means for rotating the twister to twist the ends of the tie together.

3. In a bag-tying machine, the combine tion, of means for delivering individual wireties adjacent to the bag-neck, means for looping the wire-tie around the neck of the bag,- means for twisting the ends of the tie to gather, and mechanism operating the several means successively. r I i 4. In a bag-tying machine,.the combina tion, of means for moving'the carrier with the bag-neck to a twister, means for deliver ing an individual wire-tie adjacent to the bag-neck and twister, means for looping the wire-tie around the neck of the bag, means for twisting the ends of the tie together, and connected mechanism for operating the several means successively.

5. In a bag-tyingmachinathe combination, of means for moving the carrier to shift the bag neck to a twister, means for delivering. an individual-wire-tie adjacent to the bag-neck and twister, means. for

looping the wire-tie around the neck of the bag, means for twisting the ends of the tie together, and connected mechanism for operating the several means successively.

6. In a bag-tying machine, the combination, of means for moving the carrier intefmittingly, a stationary support adjacent to thepa'th of the carrier, means upon such support for feeding a wire-tie adjacent to the/bag-neck, and means upon such support for twisting the tie upon the bag-neck.

7. In a bag-tying machine, the combina, -tion,", with a stationary support adjacent to the ,path of the carrier, such support havingmeans for. delivering wire-ties adjacent to the bag-neck, of meansforsupplying wireties by gravity to such tiedeliverer,.means for grasping each tie and twisting it upon the bag-neck, and mechanism operating such means successively. I

8. In a bag-tying machine, the combina- *tion, of means for successively delivering straight wire-ties at one sideof the bag neck, means for looping the tie around the neck and projecting both ends of the tie'at 'one side thereof, a twister operated to grasp the ends of the tie simultaneously, and means for rotating the twister to twist the ends of the tie together.

9. In' a bag-tying machine, the -ombination of delivery-screws engaging a series of wire-ties at difi'erent points upon such ties, means for rotating thedelivery-screws to grasping the looped ends of the tie and drawing it toward and means for twisting the ends together discharge the wire-tics successively, and at twister constructed and arran ed to engage the ties singly as they are delivered, and operating to twist them upon the hag-neck.

10. In a hug-tying machine, the combination, with a delivery-device for Wire-ties ci'nnprising a plurality of screws having threadsadaptcd to engage the'tie at several points, of means for delivering the ties to the upper ends of the screw-threads, means for rotating the screws in unison to dis charge the entire tie from the several threads simultaneously, and a twister constructed and arranged to engage the ties singly as they are delivered and operating to twist them upon the hag-neck.

11, In a bag-tying machine, the combination, with a deliveryulevice for wireties comprising a plurality of screws having threads adapted to engage the tie at several points, of guides adjacent the sides of the screws with means for supplying the ties to such guides, the guides having transverse notches and the screws having annular ribs to engage such notches and thus support the guides, means for rotating t e screws in unison, and a twister constructed and arranged to enga e the ties singly as they are delivered and operating to twist them upon the bag-neck.

12. In a hag-tying machine, the combina' tion, with two deiivervscrews having similar spiral grooves adapted to receive the looped ends of straight wire-ties, guides supj' -rti .1g such looped ends of the'ties adjacent to the screws, means for rotating the screws in unison to discharge both loops of the tie' from the grooves simultaneously, means for one side of'the bag-neck,

upon th opposite side of the neck.

13. in a hug-tying machine, the combination, with means for successively delivering wire-ties, of a tie-twister having a shank, a spiral-spindle coupled detuchahly to the shank, a tube inclosing said spindle and fitted loosely upon the said shank and having a hinge at its further end, a nut fitted to slide. upon the spiral spindle within the tube, means for reciprocating the nut, and inc-ans for lifting the forward end of the tube to raise the twister into engagement with the wire-tie.

ll. in a hag-tying machine, a tie-twister having a shank, u spiral spindle coupled deiachahly to the shrink, a tube inclosing said spindle and shank and slotted at the sides,

a nut lifted to slide upon the spiral-spindle within the tube, links for reciprocating the nut, and means to prevent the rotation oft} shank at the be inning of the reciprocating movement. I

15. ln a hag-tying machine, 'a tie-twister having a shank, a tube having the shank fitted inovabl Y site sides, a eather engaging the tube, and shank for a definite distance, a spiral-spindle coupled dctachably to the shank within the tube, a nutfitted to slide upon the spindle and reciprocating Wlthin'thc tuhelnnd links connected with the nut an first retract the shanks d the same. i

16. In a bag-tyin machinefthe combinw tion, with means orrtwisting a wire-tie, ofa gravity tie-feeding devicefconip'rising a plurality of guides having c extended upwardly frorof" strung upon the said cords, against the cords above the hen to rotatethereto and slotted in oppoeach? and ties; a roller pressed said guides, and,

operating to l means for rotating the roller at intervals to discharge the ties successively.

17. In nqbagtying machine, the combine tion a i for straight tieshaving a gravity feeder loops at their ends, comprising guides disposed to rcoeivethe said loops, a cord or Wire extended upwardly"from each guide with the loops of the tiesstrlmg thereon, a

spikedroller pressed against the cord-above the said guides, and means for intermittingly rotating the spiked roller to discharge the ties successively to the ides.

18. In a bag-tyingmachine, the combination, with means for twisting a wire-tie, of a gravity feeder for straight ties having loops at their ends, comprising guides disposed to receive/the said loops, a cord or wire extended upwardly from each guide witlnthe loops ofithe ties strung thereon, a roller pressed against the cords above 'the said guides a ratchet for turning the roller, a toothed ogyconnected to such ratchet, an oscillating armhaving a pawl to engage the said dog, and finger extended from such pawl into the path of the ties as they move downward upon the guides, and operating to detach the pawl from. the dog and prevent the rotation of the roller, so long as the ties upon the guides engage the said finger.

In testimony my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JUHN P. CURRY. Witnesses L. Len, fliroinxs S. CRANE.

Wlth means for twisting a wire-tie, of

whereof I have hereunto set 

